Landmarks Revisited: The Vekhi Symposium One Hundred Years On

The Vekhi (landmarks) Symposium (1909) Is One Of The Most Famous Publications In Russian Intellectual And Political History. Its Fame Rests On The Critique It Offers Of The Phenomenon Of The Russian Intelligentsia In The Period Of Crisis That Led To The 1917 Russian Revolution. It Was Published As A Polemical Response To The Revolution Of 1905, The Failed Outcome Of Which Was Deemed By All The Vekhi Contributors To Exemplify And Illuminate Fatal Philosophical, Political, And Psychological Flaws In The Revolutionary Intelligentsia That Had Sought It. Landmarks Revisited Offers A New And Comprehensive Assessment Of The Symposium And Its Legacy From A Variety Of Disciplinary Perspectives By Leading Scholars In Their Fields. It Will Be Of Compelling Interest To All Students Of Russian History, Politics, And Culture, And The Impact Of These On The Wider World. Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction / Aizlewood, Robin / Coates, Ruth / Zweerde, Evert Van Der -- Part I: Vekhi And The Russian Intelligentsia -- 1. Word Games? The Russian Intelligentsia As A Question Of Semantics / Nethercott, Frances -- 2. Perversions And Transformations: A. S. Izgoev And The Intelligentsia Debates, 1904-22 / Finkel, Stuart -- 3. The Intelligentsia Fights Back: The Left-wing Response To Vekhi And Its Significance / Read, Christopher -- Part Ii: Vekhi And Political Philosophy -- 4. The Rise Of The People And The Political Philosophy Of The Vekhi Authors / Zweerde, Evert Van Der -- 5. Individual Freedom And Social Justice: Bogdan Kistiakovskii's Defense Of The Law / Rampton, Vanessa -- 6. Russian Political Theology In An Age Of Revolution / Poole, Randall A. -- Part Iii: Vekhi And The Russian Intellectual Tradition -- 7. Chaadaev And Vekhi / Aizlewood, Robin -- 8. Lev Tolstoi, Petr Struve And The Afterlife Of Vekhi / Hamburg, G. M. -- 9. Aleksei Losev And Vekhi: Strategic Traditions In Social Philosophy / Takho-godi, Elena -- Part Iv: Vekhi And The Russian Religious Renaissance -- 10. Inside Out: Good, Evil, And The Question Of Inspiration / Smith, Oliver -- 11. D. S. Merezhkovskii Versus The Vekhi Authors / Rosenthal, Bernice Glatzer -- 12. Feuerbach, Kant, Dostoevskii: The Evolution Of Heroism And Asceticism In Bulgakov's Work To 1909 / Coates, Ruth -- List Of Contributors -- Index Edited By Robin Aizlewood And Ruth Coates. Includes Index. Funded By National Endowment For The Humanities And The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program English